[SciPy-user] About Random Number Generation

On 31-Oct-08, at 1:21 PM, Wu, Kejia wrote:
> Also, can any body tell me whether the random number algorithm in RNG
> package is a pseudorandom one or a real-random one?
You can't generate real-random numbers in software alone. Real random
number generation relies on sampling some random physical process.
Google "real random number" and you'll find a number of online sources
of genuine random numbers, including random.org (which uses
atmospheric noise) and hotbits (which uses radioactive decay).
> And is there an
> available implementation for Monte Carlo method in NumPy?
Try http://code.google.com/p/pymc/
David